Latest Fact-Checks By Madlin Mekelburg

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stated on April 24, 2019 in in a tweet:
Says one year ago, "no cities in the South had guaranteed paid sick days."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • May 3, 2019
Bennett Sandlin
Bennett Sandlin
stated on April 22, 2019 in a news conference:
Says 74% of people in Texas are "crammed into 4% of the land." 
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 26, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 16, 2019 in a press conference:
"Since 2011, we have documentation of 1,671 dead bodies we have recovered in Texas, many in Brooks County."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 23, 2019
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on April 16, 2019 in the Texas House:
"There have been zero reported instances of any child born alive after an abortion in Texas."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 18, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 9, 2019 in :
"Like every budget passed by the Senate since I have been lieutenant governor, Senate Bill 1 is within the spending limit set by the Texas Constitution."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 16, 2019
Paul Bettencourt
Paul Bettencourt
stated on April 2, 2019 in a resolution:
"194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 8, 2019
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on April 1, 2019 in the Texas Senate:
Abortion providers perform almost 60,000 procedures in Texas every year.
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 5, 2019
John Bucy III
John Bucy III
stated on March 27, 2019 in the Texas House:
"Right now, 1 in 4 Texas women of reproductive age are uninsured, totaling 1.5 million Texas women."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 29, 2019
Bob Hall
Bob Hall
stated on March 25, 2019 in the Texas Senate:
"We now have several hundred teachers that are over 100 years old and what I've read recently is that a baby born today, their age expectancy is 110, at least."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 26, 2019
John Carter
John Carter
stated on February 18, 2019 in a speech:
"I was the first elected Republican in Williamson County history."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 22, 2019
Children at Risk
Children at Risk
stated on March 19, 2019 in a press conference:
"Right now, only 11 percent of the 15,000 child care providers in Texas are certified as meeting quality standards."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 22, 2019
X posts
X posts
stated on March 18, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Beto O'Rourke "gave the remaining $4.5+ mill from his Senate race to (the Texas Democratic Party) a few months ago, & the Party sent the money back to him on the day of his announcement."
Pants on Fire!
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 20, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad:
Says Beto O'Rourke's "father-in-law, a billionaire real estate developer who bankrolled a Super PAC to buy Beto a congressional seat…"
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke crashed into barriers, "causing a collision while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke perpetuated stereotypes, "casting aspersions on working women whose ‘only qualifications seemed to be large breasts and tight buttocks’."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke did his father-in-law’s "bidding on the El Paso City Council, pushing a downtown redevelopment scheme to bulldoze a poor Hispanic neighborhood while enriching developers like his father-in-law."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 4, 2019 in a press conference:
"On a per capita basis, Irving-Las Colinas has more Fortune 500 companies than any city in the United States of America."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 9, 2019
Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on February 27, 2019 in a hearing for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee:
"We amass about $100 million in debt per hour, which means we've blown through 300, 400, 450 million dollars during this charade."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 28, 2019
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on February 25, 2019 in a news conference:
"Most people in my home state of Texas disagree with the president building a wall across our border."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 26, 2019
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